Lyburn Wins Viterra Berth

Sunday Mar 20 2016

Top-seeded William Lyburn-Granite defeated #5 Taylor McIntyre-Granite 6-5 in the final of the Viterra Berth Bonspiel in Carman. To reach the berth game, McIntyre defeated #4 Braden Calvert-Deer Lodge (6-5) in the Page playoff game between the two A-Side qualifiers. Lyburn and his team had to win a pair of playoff games. They beat Ray Baker-Dauphin (9-5) in the game between the two B-Side qualifiers and then defeated Calvert (10-5) in the semi-final.

Lyburn joins Manitoba Champion Mike McEwen as the first teams in the 2017 Viterra Championship in Portage.